Well, this is the WEEK that totally exposes THE WEAK! A weak Tory party has wasted months giving free rein to the stubborn, egotistical, weak, deluded Theresa May to run amok with Brexit. Tory MPs remind me of the dog owner who allows his pet to go where it wants, generally making a nuisance of itself. With May meeting 'customs-union (that is No-Brexit) Corbyn the whole country can now see what a great sham this woman is. Whilst the sympathy cries of 'poor woman', 'she's doing her best' have been ringing out to compete with her insincere rendition of 'No Deal is better then a 'Bad Deal' - which has now become a parliamentary cushion that she sits on - the clear instruction of the electoral majority and democracy itself has been muzzled and locked away in a cupboard so that she can go her misguided and wilful way. She has never once publically acknowledged that her (Merkel's EU really) withdrawal treaty is fatally flawed. Everyone else can see that it will likely keep the UK in the EU except the woman who has been elevated to the highest political position in the land. Her claim that the Irish Backstop, which she naively agreed to against advice, and is the prime cause of the mess we are in now, was merely an insurance against a hard border in Ireland and that neither the UK nor the EU wanted or expected to use it, might have been taken on board but for one fact in particular: the EU has a track record of deceit, bullying voters and cannot be trusted to do what its says.

The Tory veteran remainer tells FT editor Lionel Barber that Brexit talks between the government and Labour opposition are likely to fail and with stalemate in parliament the only option is a second referendum which Remain has a chance to win

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